I have verified that software-center version 5.2.2 in precise-proposed fixes this bug per the test case given in the description.
Thanks! ** Description changed: Binary package hint: software-center Happens during startup Software Center on my brand new Dell XPS laptop. + + TEST CASE: + + This bug is the result of a race condition between two different + processes that is not possible to induce directly. To verify this bug, + simply start Ubuntu Software Center a number of times and verify that + the attached stack trace never occurs and that Ubuntu Software Center + starts normally. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: software-center 3.1.24.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.38-generic-pae 2.6.38 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic-pae i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Mar 26 10:06:14 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110325) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center btnx-config/btnx ProcEnviron: - SHELL=/bin/bash - LANGUAGE=en_US:en - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=en_US:en + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center', 'btnx-config/btnx'] SourcePackage: software-center Title: software-center crashed with OSError in makedirs(): [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/joris/.cache/software-center' UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/743003 Title: software-center crashed with OSError in makedirs(): [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/joris/.cache/software-center' Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “software-center” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in “software-center” source package in Quantal: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: software-center Happens during startup Software Center on my brand new Dell XPS laptop. TEST CASE: This bug is the result of a race condition between two different processes that is not possible to induce directly. To verify this bug, simply start Ubuntu Software Center a number of times and verify that the attached stack trace never occurs and that Ubuntu Software Center starts normally. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: software-center 3.1.24.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.38-generic-pae 2.6.38 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic-pae i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Mar 26 10:06:14 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110325) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center btnx-config/btnx ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center', 'btnx-config/btnx'] SourcePackage: software-center Title: software-center crashed with OSError in makedirs(): [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/joris/.cache/software-center' UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/743003/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

